Naval History News

A Revolutionary War Ship Reappears

She guarded Boston Harbor on the eve of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, and provided fire support for the Redcoats' advance during the Battle of Bunker Hill. Paul Revere slipped past her on the way to his famous ride, and she was immortalized in verse by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "A phantom ship, with each mast and spar/ Across the moon like a prison bar/ And a huge black hulk, that was magnified/ By its own reflection in the tide."

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